Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers Explained

Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers
Location:Japan
Establishment:1977
Tour:Japan Golf Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:August
Final Year:1982
Aggregate:275 Teruo Sugihara (1982)
To-Par:−13 as above
Final Champion: Teruo Sugihara

The Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers (Japanese: 日本国土計画サマーズ) was a professional golf tournament in Japan from 1977 to 1982. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1978.

Tournament hosts

Year(s)Host courseLocation
1981–1982 Budo Country Club Ichihara, Chiba
1980 New Tateshina Country Club Chino, Nagano
1977–1979 Shirasagi Country Club Utsunomiya, Tochigi

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
275 −13 [1]
280 −8 5 strokes [2]
206 +1 Playoff [3]
279 −9 3 strokes [4]
279 −9 3 strokes [5]
1977 209 −7 2 strokes [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Teruo Sugihara Career record . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 4 February 2021.
  2. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982 . 1982 . Springwood Books . 0862541018 . 242, 469–470.
  3. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981 . 1981 . Springwood Books . 0862540054 . 178–179, 394–395.
  4. News: Morio (sic) coasts to easy win . 4 February 2021 . The Straits Times . 6 August 1979 . 30 . National Library Board (Singapore).
  5. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979 . 1979 . Knopf Doubleday . 0385149409 . 249, 399.
  6. News: North sinks 2 crucial putts for first win . 4 February 2021 . New Nation . 22 August 1977 . 17 . National Library Board (Singapore).